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and beginning of August. The branches of this tree are long, 

 slender, and for the most part drooping, in the manner of the 

 Epargne. It is an excellent early fruit, and a hardy bearer, 

 and may be found in great plenty in the Norwich markets, 

 under this name. It is very much like the Madeleine, figured 

 in the Pomological Magazine ; but its branches are pendulous, 

 in the Madeleine they are ascending." Lind. 



i i 

 SABINE D'ETE. PR. CAT. LOND. HORT. TRANS. LIND. 



" Fruit of a pyramidal form, broadest at the crown, and 

 tapering to a round blunt point at the stalk. Eye small, not 

 deeply sunk. Stalk an inch long, inserted in a shallow cavity. 

 Skin perfectly smooth and even, of a yellow .colour on the 

 shaded side, and of a fine scarlet, minutely dotted when exposed 

 to the sun. Flesh white, or nearly so, melting, juicy, and 

 highly perfumed. Ripe the beginning and middle of August. 

 Raised in 1819, by M. Stoffels, of Mechlin, and named by him 

 after Mr. Sabine, at that time Secretary to the Horticultural 

 Society of London." Lind. 



SEIGNEUR D'ETE. LOND. HORT. TEAKS. LIND. 



Lord of summer. 



Fruit above the middle size, of a blunt oval figure. Skin 

 of a fine orange, with bright scarlet on the sunny side, sprinkled 

 with brown spots, and partially marked with larger ones of the 

 same colour. Flesh melting, with an extremely small cone, 

 and a rich high flavoured juice. Ripe the beginning and 

 middle of September. This very beautiful pear has been 

 known in Flanders many years, and the fruit was sent to this 

 country by M. Stofiel's of Mechlin, and exhibited at the Horti- 

 cultural Society in 1819." Lind. 



YAT. LIND. 



Yat, or Yut, of the Dutch gardens. 



" Fruit rather small, turbinate, about two inches long, and 

 one inch and three quarters in diameter, generally a little 

 flattened on the opposite sides. Eye small, opens with a very 



